(Ebook) N-heterocyclic carbenes: from laboratory curiosities to efficient synthetic tools by Matthew Sigman, Fritz Kuhn, Yonggui Robin Chi, Lutz Gade, Silvia Diez-Gonzalez, Vincent Cesar, Ekkehardt Hahn, Wolfgang Herrmann, Bekir Cetinkaya, Jeffrey W Bode, David McGuiness, David J Nelson, Wiley Youngs, Lionel Delaude, Beatriz Royo, Yves Fort, Mart ISBN 9781782624233, 9781782626817, 9781782629030, 1782624236, 1782626816, 1782629033

(Ebook) N-heterocyclic carbenes: from laboratory curiosities to efficient synthetic tools by Matthew Sigman, Fritz Kuhn, Yonggui Robin Chi, Lutz Gade, Silvia Diez-Gonzalez, Vincent Cesar, Ekkehardt Hahn, Wolfgang Herrmann, Bekir Cetinkaya, Jeffrey W Bode, David McGuiness, David J Nelson, Wiley Youngs, Lionel Delaude, Beatriz Royo, Yves Fort, Mart ISBN 9781782624233, 9781782626817, 9781782629030, 1782624236, 1782626816, 1782629033

In less than 20 years N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have become well-established ancillary ligands for the preparation of transition metal-based catalysts. This is mainly due to the fact that NHCs tend to bind strongly to metal centres, avoiding the need of excess ligand in catalytic reactions. Also, NHC‒metal complexes are often insensitive to air and moisture, and have proven remarkably resistant to oxidation. This book showcases the wide variety of applications of NHCs in different chemistry fields beyond being simple phosphine mimics. This second edition has been updated throughout, and now includes a new chapter on NHC‒main group element complexes. It covers the synthesis of NHC ligands and their corresponding metal complexes, as well as their bonding and stereoelectronic properties and applications in catalysis. This is complemented by related topics such as organocatalysis and biologically active complexes. Written for organic and inorganic chemists, this book is ideal for postgraduates, researchers and industrialists